Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

"Our intention is to create a behind-the-scenes conversation between industry professionals. Whether we are speaking with an advanced level sommelier about their wine program or a chef about breaking down an entire pig, we just want the conversation to be real, unedited and honest. The food and beverage world is a unique industry, and North Carolina's food scene is growing everyday.

Take a listen. We hope to entertain, teach and inspire while offering some specific information about the NC food scene."

Creating with your hands is almost as sexy as that scene from Ghost
with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze. Who knew that local North
Carolina clay, a stove on steroids (aka a kiln) and one brain
researcher could be so damn cool? I’ll tell you who did, TV’s John
May and bad ass chef Mike Lee of M Sushi, M Koko and soon to be M
Taco. Those two culinary titans recognized that the dinnerware of
Matt Hallyburton could showcase their food in a fervently stylish
but useful way that no other plates had done. John and Mike are not
the only one’s to have recognized Matt’s talents, his lore has
stretched south as he has caught the eye of chef Sean Brock and
collaborated with him to create plate ware for the new Husk
restaurant in Georgia. Matt explains pottery from the digging of
the clay to the firing of the glaze. In this episode you will learn
about “throwing a piece,” temperature use on clay, North Carolina
potting history and why some glazes are better than others. When
you listen to this episode you will understand the importance of
sexy but useable ceramic dinnerware!

About the Podcast

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, Sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.